19 May
2005
19 May
'05
3:42 p.m.
"Yuval Ronen" <ronen_yuval@yahoo.com> writes:
Actually all the paths are relative. $(BOOST_ROOT) expands to a relative path like ../../.. that is adjusted to a new appropriate value in each Jamfile.
Why is this so? What purpose does it serve, if I may ask. Why not just put the relative path in the files?
You can move the Jamfiles around the Boost project without concern for where they are. Also, when you're deep in a project like libs/python/test, it's much clearer to write $(BOOST_ROOT)/whatever than ../../whatever. Can you tell at a glance what the latter refers to?
Will this be useful for other projects?
Sorry, I don't understand the question. -- Dave Abrahams Boost Consulting www.boost-consulting.com